My votes for Triple J’s 20 Years of Hottest 100 are below! I decided to keep things interesting (and make decisions a little easier) by selecting only one song for each of the last twenty years, which did require omitting some great songs. It was a good opportunity to delve back into my own musical history over the last twenty years. I’ve discussed my picks in more detail over at TripleJae (along with my partner’s picks and justification) since trying to do justice to twenty songs in two hundred words is, frankly, impossible.

1993: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds – The Ship Song
1994: You Am I – Berlin Chair
1995: Pulp – Common People
1996: Underworld – Born Slippy .nuxx
1997: Elliott Smith – Rose Parade
1998: Neutral Milk Hotel – Holland, 1945
1999: Magnetic Fields – I Don’t Want to Get Over You
2000: Radiohead – Idioteque
2001: Jay-Z – Takeover
2002: McLusky – Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues
2003: OutKast – Hey Ya!
2004: The Killers – Mr. Brightside
2005: The Futureheads – Hounds of Love (Radio Edit)
2006: TV on the Radio – Wolf Like Me
2007: LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
2008: Kanye West – Flashing Lights
2009: Phoenix – 1901
2010: Foals – Spanish Sahara
2011: M83 – Midnight City
2012: Grimes – Genesis